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Of the 2 million people clogging airport security lines and gate areas again each day, one crowd is still largely missing: business travelers.

When the pandemic hit, Smith deferred her enrollment at Stanford, stayed home with parents in Minnesota, and kept herself entertained with TikTok. Now, she’s a contender for the gold medal in the 100m backstroke.

December 2020 marked one year since Wuhan, China, reported the world’s first cases of COVID-19. Now, life in the city is largely back to normal.

Restrictions on non-essential travel at the U.S.-Mexico border will be yet again extended by another month, just as they were set to expire Wednesday night, according to a document set to be published in the Federal Register.

From complex COVID testing routines and GPS tracking to silence in the stands, U.S. athletes are bound for an unprecedented environment at the Tokyo Olympics. “It’s definitely going to be sad not having my family and friends in the stands like I had in Rio,” Olympic sabre fencer Eli Dershwitz said. “I was definitely using that as motivation, you...

New Hampshire is a step closer to getting back to pre-pandemic life with the closing of its emergency and information centers, and its state-run vaccination sites on Wednesday. The State Emergency Operations Center, which was activated on March 13, 2020, procured and distributed 42 million items of personal protective equipment; supported testing and vaccination missions; coordinated quarantine and isolation for…

America’s most iconic youth organizations — the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA — have been jolted by unprecedented one-year drops in membership, due partly to the pandemic, and partly to social trends that have been shrinking their ranks for decades.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused supply chain disruptions and changes in consumer behavior, which has impacted multiple industries. Experts warn these problems could linger.

Boston-area drivers wasted an average of 50 hours in traffic congestion last year, as traffic returned following a brief respite during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. The 2021 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, which looked at traffic conditions for 494 urban areas in the U.S., ranked the Boston area…

The pandemic has boosted housing prices around the country, and experts don’t see any sign of things changing.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus accounts for 10% of new U.S. cases and is known to spread more easily and cause more severe disease.

Sixty kittens are going for adoption in Massachusetts after being flown in from Tennessee, according to the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem. The five dozen kittens, all eight weeks old, will be available for adoption starting Friday, after they go through a short quarantine required for animals arriving from out of state. The cats are expected to be taken home…

Weekend service will return to all MBTA Commuter Rail lines in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Weekend service will officially resume on July 3, according to the MBTA and Keolis. This includes the Fitchburg, Franklin, Greenbush, Haverhill, Kingston, Lowell and Needham lines. “The resumption of weekend service represents a major milestone in the MBTA’s aggressive plans to…

A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 — weeks before cases were first recognized by health officials

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States would purchase 500 million douses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and donate them to other countries to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

The Massachusetts Senate will take up a bill that seeks to extend some pandemic-era policies beyond next week’s end of the COVID-19 state of emergency Thursday.

Dr. Candace Croney, professor of animal behavior and well-being at Purdue University, shares the steps you should take to support your dog or cat as you spend less time at home.

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a declaration calling for urgent action to end AIDS by 2030, noting “with alarm” that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities and pushed access to AIDS medicines, treatments and diagnosis further off track

This past year, life has not been easy for anyone. Lockdowns, social distancing, and mask mandates have taken their toll on us all. Now imagine for a moment you were someone who was deaf. Imagine you were someone who counted on seeing a person’s lips move to understand what they were saying. And then imagine all of a sudden...

The U.S.S. Constitution took to Boston Harbor as it reopened to the public Friday. The ship known as Old Ironsides is again welcoming visitors for tours Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The ship fired a 21-gun salute as it passed Castle Island. Public visits were suspended in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic,...